Food, Family and Football: Discussing Selected Themes in Gurinder Chadha’s Bhaji on the Beach and Bend it Like Beckham

Mgr. Soňa Šašinková

Bakalářská práce

Abstract:

The thesis deals with two films by a first generation Indian filmmaker Gurinder Chadha, whose films about the British Asian experience are thought to be quite original. Chadha’s first major motion picture Bhaji on the Beach came out in 1993 and was followed by her best known and most popular work Bend it Like Beckham (2002). The objective of this thesis is to explore and analyze some of the most frequent and therefore important themes occurring in the two films. The thesis deals with many topics divided up into four major areas: food, family, leading double lives and racism. The main questions the thesis addresses are: the importance attributed to each of the four themes in both films and the way Chadha deals with the problems her characters encounter during their lives.

Keywords

Gurinder Chadha, India, Indian film, immigration, bhaji, racism, food, family, football, double life

Jazyk práce: angličtina

Datum vytvoření / odevzdání či podání práce: 29. 8. 2007

Obhajoba závěrečné práce

• Obhajoba proběhla 12. 9. 2007
• Vedoucí: prof. Mgr. Milada Franková, CSc.

Masarykova univerzita

Filozofická fakulta

Bakalářský studijní program / obor:
Filologie / Anglický jazyk a literatura